A Flair Family Quiz

Answer: True

Ric was born on February 25, 1949. There are conflicting reports regarding his real birth name but his biological parents' surname was Phillips. He was adopted by Dr. Richard Fliehr and his wife Katherine who named him Richard Morgan Fliehr.

Answer: Ashley

The name "Charlotte" is an homage to the home base of the Flair family: Charlotte, North Carolina, which was also her birthplace. Her mother was Ric's second wife Elizabeth, aka Beth. In 2016 Charlotte was voted by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated as "Woman of The Year" and "Top Female Wrestler of the Year". Charlotte's full real name is Ashley Elizabeth.

Answer: Buddy Rogers

Tommy Phelps was a journeyman wrestler who was one of the first to adopt the name "Nature Boy". He and Buddy Rogers were contemporaries who wrestled from the '40s into the '60s. Phelps became an evangelist. Landel wrestled from the '70s into the '90s. Landel and Flair feuded over the use of the nickname.

Answer: Public Relations

Charlotte attended Appalachian State University for two years before transferring to NC State. She played varsity volleyball, a sport she excelled in through high school and college. After graduating in 2008 she became a certified personal trainer before taking up wrestling.

Answer: Becky Lynch and Asuka

The match took place at the TLC pay-per-view on December 16, 2018. Asuka won the match when Ronda Rousey knocked Charlotte and Becky off the ladder. It was an act of revenge by Rousey as Charlotte had attacked Rousey with a kendo stick and steel chair at Survivors Series a few weeks earlier.

Answer: Ten

The first Starrcade was "Starrcade '83: A Flair for the Gold". It featured Harley Race defending his NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Ric in a steel cage. Ric regained the title he had lost to Race earlier in the year.

Answer: 2017

Charlotte played the part of "Heather Rockrear". The movie was based on the popular TV show "Psych". It was directed by Steve Franks. Fellow WWE superstar John Cena also had a role in the movie as "Ewan O'Hara".

Answer: Guns N' Roses

The video for "Patience" was directed by Nigel Dick who produced many of their videos. It was shot on Valentine's Day, 1989. They performed the song live at the American Music Awards, but Steven Adler was in rehab at the time and Don Henley filled in for him.

Answer: Pro Wrestling Illustrated

TIME Magazine's prestigious "Person of the Year" award has never gone to a professional wrestler or any athlete for that matter. Sports Illustrated has done a few pieces on pro wrestlers and wrestling. RING Magazine used to have a section on pro wrestling but became strictly a boxing magazine in later years.

They did publish a magazine devoted to professional wrestling for years. Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) publishes awards in various categories. Ric Flair won his first Wrestler of the Year award in 1981 and his last in 1992.

Answer: Verne Gagne

It was Ken Patera who convinced Ric to attend Verne Gagne's wrestling camp in 1971. He worked for Gagne's promotion, the American Wrestling Association, at the start of his career. Ric's first professional match was against George "Scrapiron" Gadaski. It was a ten minute draw.